Eliminate or Mitigate Interference Lines from Taped TV Show

[prkraus]

Is there any way in Premiere Elements 13 to eliminate or mitigate snowy interference lines at the top of a TV show that I taped a while ago using my VCR? Thanks.

[Dave McElderry]

Probably not without losing some content. You could zoom the clip until the lines disappear, but of course you'd lose an equal amount of the clip from the remaining sides, too. Or you could crop the offending part from the top and have just a black bar at the top, but that might be just as bothersome as the original problem.

[Chuck Engels]

Very common problem with VHS tapes. I've used both of the suggestions from Dave and was happy with the results.

[Dave McElderry]

As an afterthought...
If you crop the offending part off you could then move the remainder up to the middle of the screen, vertically, which would give black bars on both top and bottom. It would have a look similar to a widescreen theater format.